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Tubal Ligation

Service/Procedure Summary

Tubal Ligation is also known as 'getting your tubes tied.' This operation is performed to block off a woman's fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
279 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
237 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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296 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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105 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
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Halifax
IWK Health Centre
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New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
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47 days
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
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81 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
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Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
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Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
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Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
February 1 - April 30 2020
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
June 2020

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Helen Sandland
Amherst
55 days
62 days
Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
50 days
105 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
122 days
108 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
104 days
137 days
Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
192 days
96 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
192 days
218 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
276 days
154 days
Erin MacLellan
North Sydney
207 days
259 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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162 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Gillian MacMullin
North Sydney
26 days
19 days
Sarah Hudgins
Sydney
41 days
31 days
Michael Osasere
North Sydney
43 days
36 days
Helen Sandland
Amherst
39 days
41 days
Fazil Okuboyejo
New Glasgow
45 days
54 days
Erin MacLellan
North Sydney
96 days
106 days
Changulanda Joshi
New Glasgow
159 days
97 days
Nicholas Paul Clague
Truro
137 days
131 days
Channabasav Shettar
Yarmouth
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Gregory Tynski
Kentville
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Leslie Houck
Yarmouth
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Manivasan Moodley
Sydney
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Sally Jorgensen
Bridgewater
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Winifred W Lee
Dartmouth
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130 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 2019 - April 30 2020
Next Update: 
June 2020
Disclaimer: Hospitals and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency priority cases. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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